Initiating a massive Rs.2,000-crore road infrastructure development project, the Delhi Government on Wednesday set the ball rolling with its Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) approving 26 projects in this regard. A total of 31 projects worth Rs.584 crore, of which 27 would be executed by the Public Works Department and four by the Irrigation and Flood Control Department, were approved in the meeting.

Following a meeting of the committee, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who also holds the Finance portfolio, said the mega road infrastructure development program, which is estimated to cost over Rs.2,000 crore, would be completed within two years.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved order on a petition seeking review of an order dismissing a public interest litigation (PIL) praying for scrapping of the BRT corridor in the Capital.

A Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Manmohan Singh reserved the order on conclusion of arguments by the Delhi Government and the petitioner, voluntary organisation Nyaya Bhoomi, seeking review of the order.

The sex ratio in the national capital has increased from 821 in 2001 census to 866 in 2011, but it is still below the national ratio, according to data released by the Delhi government which puts the city’s population at 1.67 crore.

Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit released the Delhi Statistical Hand Book on Tuesday. The book that the sex ratio was 866 females per 1,000 males in the capital in 2011, as compared to 821 females per 1,000 males in 2001. National sex ratio in 2011 was 940 females per 1,000 males.

The Delhi Government has sought the Centre’s permission to allow it to divert the gas supply meant for the Gas Turbine Power Plant and the Indraprastha Plant to its new plant at Bawana. Doing so, will help increase production at Bawana, which is currently being run much below its installed capacity of 1500 MW.

With no additional supply of gas in sight, and the production of power at the three power plants dismally low, the Delhi Government has decided to juggle its existing supply of gas to ensure maximum utilisation of the fuel and better production of power.

The Akshardham temple in the capital has switched from piped natural gas to solar technology for cooking its daily quota of close to 4,000 meals every day.

Motorists without valid pollution check certificates will be fined Rs 1,000-Rs 2,000

The Delhi government has finally decided to launch a major food security programme under its cash transfer scheme on December 15 in which a monthly cash subsidy of Rs 600 will be given to two lakh

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday asked the Centre to ensure supply of gas to the Bawana power plant as power production at the facility remained severely affected due to shortage of fuel.

At a meeting with Union Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily, Ms. Dikshit asked him to ensure supply adequate quantity of gas to make module one of the plant fully operational so that it can generate 750MW of power. The plant is currently generating around 250 MW.

Delhi’s unauthorised colonies and urban villages are proving to be the bane of Yamuna.

Although the concentration of gasses like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide remained within safe limits on the night of Diwali this year, the city noted higher air pollution although the noise po